“I’m a friend and not an enemy.” Arianna lifted her gaze and stared at Noah quietly.Noah snorted. “Tons of people want to be my friends. Are you even qualified to be one?”“You’d be the judge of that.” Arianna put down the tongs, removed her phone from her handbag, and tapped the screen a few times.Noah’s phone on the table vibrated.Arianna put down her phone and grilled more meat as if without a care in the world.Noah looked at her and then at his phone. He picked it up to see what she had sent.“The information is my gift. When we become friends, I’ll have a bigger one in store for you,” As she spoke, she put the piece of grilled meat onto the plate in front of Noah.Noah opened the document containing detailed information on Lily. He browsed through it and found the report to be very comprehensive.“This is it?” He revealed a look of disdain instead. “I can easily find tons of information like this. Do you think I would need your help in obtaining it?”“Of course, you c
‘Aren’t girls from rich families supposed to speak with decorum? Despite her innocent smile, this woman speaks rather boldly.’Noah laughed at her flirtatious remark. Many women threw themselves at him, but it was rare to meet someone so straightforward. “If I recall correctly, I don’t know you very well, and this could be the first time we’ve met. Despite that, you say you want me?” Leaning forward, he met her gaze. “What do you want me for? Fame? Status? Or… my body?”“I want them all,” she purred.“You’re greedy, aren’t you?” Noah loosened up his body. “Besides, do you think your information can get you that much?”“The information is not enough, of course. However, it can be a good start for both of us. If we’re together, we can find ourselves in many win-win situations in the future.” Hiding nothing, she let her desires show through her gaze. “Win-win situations?”“From what I know, although the Richards family call the shots in Kingsland, you put your efforts elsewhere.
Since Lily had decided to keep the baby, she needed to get a thorough checkup at the hospital and find out if the baby would be affected by her exposure to chemicals before she was pregnant.After accessing her file, performing a urine test, and having an ultrasound, Lily's heart calmed down. She had already decided to keep the child, and she knew Alexander was with her. Even more unexpectedly, she felt like a mother already, and she was slowly adjusting to her new role."Lily."When her name was called, the doctor pushed up his glasses with the report in his hand. "You’re not pregnant."Lily, whose smile was ready to declare, "I want to keep it," instead responded with, "What?""The ultrasound states that you’re not pregnant," After speaking, he handed the report to her.She was a little confused and took the report. Seeing the data series, not everything was easy to understand, but it was still obvious whether she was pregnant or not."I’m not?"Alexander, on the side, was ca
The buzz all over town was tremendous, and there was a pervasive aroma of "Victory" in the air. On TV, in the streets, and online were all forms of advertising. There was a lot of attention even before its official launch.A pre-sale channel for this fragrance was opened on the Tanner Corporation's website, and it completely sold out in less than 24 hours.Not only did Damian burst out laughing, but Joseph could not contain his joy either. He was very satisfied with the performance report."Dad, see? It's only been one day, so many have been sold, and the prospects are endless!" Damian said very proudly as he sat across from Joseph with his legs crossed, "Like I said before, it’ll work!" "Great!" Joseph's eyes narrowed after saying those words, "Is the production team able to keep up with the orders?" "Don't worry, I've already made arrangements over there. If anything, let the workers work in three shifts. We’re still paying them. Of course they’ll want to work.” When
Arianna brought a bunch of things home. When she entered the house, Eloise had just gotten back as well. She looked pretty good and should be in a good mood."Did you have good luck today?" Arianna said half-jokingly.Eloise waved. "A little bit. I've been feeling a little better recently. If I keep winning my bets, my friends will stop coming and won’t want to join me anymore."“Why not? They’ve won a lot of money from you before, but they can’t stand losing to you?" Arianna said smilingly. After putting down her bags, she removed a smaller bag from the inside. "I saw this new design that suits you quite well, so I bought it for you.”"I don't go out very much, so I don't need it," Eloise replied but was still delighted."You can just leave it around if you don't need it. It’ll make you happy just by looking at it!" Arianna put the bag aside, turned around, and took out a small bottle, "By the way, there’s this one too.""Perfume?" Eloise took the perfume bottle and opened the c
Eloise held her daughter’s hand and wanted to say something when she heard a car approaching from outside. Her face sank. "Your father is back."It did not take long for her words to fall as Joseph entered the house with a bag in his hand. He was stunned when he saw Eloise and Arianna sitting in the living room. "Ari, you’re home too," he said, walking straight over. "Perfect. I have one for each of you.""What is it?" Arianna smiled, stood up, and took the bag from his hand. She opened it and glanced inside. "Wow, perfume!"Seeing her surprised expression, Joseph smiled. "This is the first-ever perfume from our company, and we’ve sold out of them! I bought two bottles directly from the factory for you two to try."His smug look annoyed Eloise. She knew Joseph was only happy that the product came from that little brat, not because it was the company’s first-ever perfume. She felt unhappy inside and could not return a joyful expression to Joseph. Her gaze was indifferent as if the m
Joseph was preparing to make a latte when he entered his home office. His espresso machine was grinding the beans, making a whirring sound."Ari, I haven't seen you much in the company recently?" He asked while casually adding milk to the jug.She smiled. "Well, you wouldn’t come and find me often anyways. I’m usually in the office. What's wrong?"Maybe it was a little embarrassing initially, but Joseph stopped adding milk and coughed lightly, "I-It’s nothing. I was just asking. Maybe the company has been too busy recently, so I wasn’t aware. By the way, what do you think of Damian's project?" While frothing his milk, he raised his head to look at her."I’m all in to support him! You can see that I even purposely bought one to show my support." Arianna said with a smile, and her face was full of sincerity.Joseph shook his head and said, "That’s not what I meant. I mean, what do you think of his performance?""Good! He’s doing great! I initially wanted to give Damian some advice,
He was never willing to recruit a son-in-law. He always thought it was like handing over a piece of the family business to an outsider, so he set high expectations for Damian instead, hoping he would succeed and inherit the company."Hey, if I can help, I will. Damian is strong, though, so you should also consider his self-esteem. He'll think I'm protecting him more, and it's easy to take that to heart.Joseph thought about it, then sighed and responded, "Never mind. In any case, the outcome is all but certain. Praise Damian in front of the shareholders in the upcoming management meeting. I’ll have another piece of news to announce on that day too.""What news?" Arianna asked curiously, frowning."You'll know when the time comes. This is something about which I'm still not entirely certain, and I need to be sure before I play my cards. You can go now," he waved absentmindedly.Joseph’s unfinished words aroused Arianna’s intense curiosity. At the same time, she also knew that if he